April 17
From Hoopedia
- 1987 - Jay Humphries, James Edwards and Grant Gondrezick, all players with the Phoenix Suns, and former Suns Mike Bratz and Garfield Heard are indicted on cocaine charges.
- 2007 - On the same day Clyde "The Glide" Drexler is eliminated from the hit reality show Dancing With The Stars, controversial NBA referee Joey Crawford is dismissed from the NBA by commissioner David Stern following an April 15th incident with San Antonio Spurs star Tim Duncan.
